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Luxurious Animals turns to Panasonic's 3D Gesture Control technology for their new virtual reality lounge called "Dream of Flight". The high tech lounge, sponsored by Lufthansa, is part of a multi-million dollar project for Esquire Magazine. Panasonic Electric Works’ 3D Image Sensing Camera, the D-IMager, was chosen as the preferred motion–detection device for this state-of-the-art installation that is free of conventional controllers.


Luxurious Animals, a New York City based developer of creative gesture recognition technology designs and 3D rendering, announced the successful launch on October 15, 2010, of a new virtual reality lounge called "Dream of Flight". The high tech lounge, sponsored by Lufthansa, is part of a multi-million dollar project for Esquire Magazine. Panasonic Electric Works’ 3D Image Sensing Camera, the D-IMager, was chosen as the preferred motion–detection device for this state-of-the-art installation.

Ayeah Games, Inc.’s celebrity based, free-to-play social reality game -- FanSwarm™ -- discovers a player who has earned more than 2.7 million “Stardust” points (i.e. the virtual currency within FanSwarm) since the game launched five weeks ago. Jeff Hebert, a player based in Bedford, Mass., formulated a winning strategy that earns him more than 100,000 “Stardust” per day and within a couple weeks of playing, turned his initial 2,000 “Stardust” points into a portfolio worth several million. The announcement was made today by Doug Levin, Founder and CEO of Ayeah Games.

Exciting new twist on traditional trivia games includes 500 wild and amazing questions and multi-player capability

Discovery Bay Games, maker of award-winning, family-oriented games, puzzles and activities, announced today its first foray into the mobile market with the introduction of Guesstimation, its most popular trivia game.

InterAction studios announced today the immediate availability of "Ultimate Omelette", the latest episode in its flagship Chicken Invaders® series of games appropriate for all ages. The game puts players at the forefront of a battle against invading intergalactic chickens, bent on revenge against the human race for our oppression of Earth chickens.

It has been 14 years since Super Mario 64 came out, a game that many mark as the turning point that made 3D platforming a viable game genre.  This holiday, Disney Interactive Studios and Junction Point released Epic Mickey, totally ignoring most of the principle groundwork that Mario 64 laid out.